For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Defend democratic rights in Nigeria Economy collapsing and anger mounting Government moves to intimidate and punish opposition Drop ‘Treason’ and ‘Terrorism’ charges against protest organisers Defend the right to protest and free the hundreds detained for protesting Fight to defend Nigerians from economic and social collapse Youth Rights Campaign international appeal for solidarity Urgent action is needed to support those
STOP PRESIDENT TINUBU’S NASCENT CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP AND CLAMPDOWN ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS On Tuesday 27 August the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) held a press conference at the International Press Centre (IPC) Ogba, Lagos, over the arrest and continued detention without trial of the YRC National Coordinator, Adaramoye Michael Lenin, along with Mosiu Sodiq as well as many others arrested in connection
We Condemn Killings, Unjust Arrests and Repression of Peaceful Protests Nationwide by Tinubu Government The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemns the arrest of Adaramoye Michael (Michael Lenin), Babatunde Oluajo (OSB Sankara), both members of the DSM, and two others by plain-clothes security operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) in the wee hours of Monday August 5, 2024 in
THE YOUTH RIGHTS CAMPAIGN REJECTS PRESIDENT TINUBU SPEECH AS IT FAILS TO ADDRESS DEMANDS We condemn in totality the abduction of Michael Adaramoye, National Coordinator of YRC by the DSS Abuja, around 2am on Monday August 5. This gestapo-style abduction of activists and dissenting voices by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led APC government cannot cow us. Rather, it will only
Adaramoye Michael Lenin, National Coordinator of Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) and National Mobilisation Officer of Education Rights Campaign (ERC), was abducted by the DSS in Abuja around 2am today. Michael Lenin, also a member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), is one of the organisers of #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria nationwide protest in Abuja. Alongside Micheal another DSM member, Babatunde Oluajo, was detained
The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) welcomes the planned August nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest and calls on all those who are dissatisfied with the prevailing condition of hunger and hardship in Nigeria to join. As the saying goes, you can’t beat a child and expect the child not to cry. The Tinubu administration cannot subject the Nigerian working people and youth to
ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE JUDGEMENT ON #ENDSARS IS AN INDICTMENT ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT BUHARI-LED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU LED LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT WHO HAD BOTH DENIED THE KILLINGS AND ATTACKS EVER HAPPENED YRC Demands Arrest and Prosecution of all those Responsible Adequate Compensation for All Victims and immediate and unconditional release of protesters still in Detention For a
WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF LEKKI TOLL GATE MASSACRE AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF KILLINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE CALL FOR AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY, STATE REPRESSION AND ALL ANTI-POOR ECONOMIC POLICIES 3 years after the #EndSARS protest, police brutality has continued unabated while the political class continues to clampdown with brute force on the democratic rights of youths
MASS PROTEST UNTIL JUSTICE WE MUST PROTEST ALL THE FAILURES OF THE GOVT THAT LEAD MANY TO AGONY AND UNTIMELY DEATH! FOR A BETTER SOCIETY THAT GUARANTEES QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION AND DECENT JOBS The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) extends our sympathy to friends, family and Nigerian youths who have been left in shock and depression over the sad and sudden
We of the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) received the news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had denied reports of the plan to increase his salary and that of political office holders by a whopping 114% with a pinch of salt. In our opinion, this denial does not address the glaring fact that President Tinubu and all political office holders already
Today, May 23, saw protesters in Lagos and London demanding that the persecution and political harassment of Seun Kuti ends immediately. Kuti is a famous musician, son of legendary musician Fela Kuti, and chairperson of the Nigerian Movement of People (MOP). He is an outspoken radical critic of the democratic abuses routinely carried out by Nigerian state forces against the
We Demand his Immediate Release Having Met his Bail Condition We demand appropriate reprimand for Lagos State Police Command PRO Benjamin Hundeyin and other officers who have violated the law in their attempt to nail Seun Kuti. The ongoing trial of Seun Kuti for alleged assault of a policeman has turned to a political trial and vendetta that threatens the
The agony of #EndSARS victims and their families has continued to linger. Many protesters are still in detention while there has not been compensation for many among those killed or maimed by security operatives during the October 2020 nationwide protest against police brutality. This is in spite of the recommendation of different panels set up in Lagos and across the
ONYEKA EMMANUEL IBEH KILLED AS HE SDAT IN HIS CAR BY INSPECTOR OBI EBRI IN ASABA WE CRY FOR JUSTICE! The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the brutal murder of Onyeka Emmanuel Ibeh by trigger-happy policemen in Asaba, Delta state. Mr Ibeh was fatally shot, in the presence of his newly wedded and pregnant wife, while sitting inside his car
* We Demand Democratic Probe and Diligent Prosecution of the Murderer * Reforms are not enough; disband the Neo-Colonial and Oppressive Nigerian Police Force The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) strongly condemns the murder of Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, a Lagos-based legal practitioner, who was killed by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi attached to the Ajah police division, on Christmas
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, BAD GOVERNANCE AND FOR A SOCIALIST NIGERIA CONTINUES * YRC Condemns Police for Dispersing and Arresting Activists who rallied at Lekki Tollgate in Honour of the Martyrs The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) joins Nigerian youth to honor the memory of the martyrs of the Lekki massacre and all other victims of the #EndSARS protests against
The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) commiserates with the family and friends of Bamise Ayanwola, the 22-year old young woman who went missing on February 26, 2020 after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Bus from Ajah only to be found dead days later. From available facts and evidence, it is highly probable that Bamise fell victim to ritual killers or
YRC Calls for Release of all Political Detainees including over 200 EndSARS Protesters still in Detention For Full Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lagos State EndSARS Panel and other Panels across the Country including Payment of Compensation to Victims of Lekki Shooting After over seven months of criminally denying Nigerians access to Twitter, the regime has finally unbanned access
We Demand Full Implementation of Panel Recommendation No to “Peace walk” Without Justice The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) hereby condemns the white paper issued by the Lagos State government on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel Inquiry set up to look into allegations of shooting and killing of protesters at Lekki Tollgate on 20th October 2020 following the
YOUTH RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (ERC) Public Statement LAGOS STATE #ENDSARS PANEL REPORT IS A DAMNING INDICTMENT ON THE PRESIDENT BUHARI-LED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU LED LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT WHO HAD BOTH DENIED THE KILLINGS EVER HAPPENED YRC Demands Arrest and Prosecution of all those Responsible, Adequate Compensation for All Victims and immediate and unconditional release of protesters still in
